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Stop the bigotry

I will listen to all callers, whether you agree or disagree with my opinion. I will not accept or tolerate anyone who calls with an attitude of intolerance. This attitude of bigotry is not permitted in my life. My wife, children, or I have no acceptance, nor do we believe in this type of demeanor.

We have respect for all cultures. The African American, the Latino American, and the Jewish American are not our country's problems. According to one caller, our problems are the ethnic groups above. Ignorance of the facts, along with racist attitudes, are more of a problem to our country.

Jerome Bolle

Whitelaw

Stupid game!

... and another thing!

Golf is a stupid game! Golfers try to hit the smallest ball with the longest stick. Wouldn't it make more sense to make the ball larger and/or make the stick shorter. The TV announcers always say, "That was a fantastic golf shot!" Of course it was a golf shot ... it wasn't a billiards shot.

Someone once said, "The way to get a low score is with a pencil and eraser." I agree. The winner in golf is the one who takes the fewest swings, so I stay at home and take none. I win!

... that's ridiculous, stop it already!

Roy Geigel

Manitowoc

Spring clean-up

Don't worry, according to the recent notice in the paper, spring clean-up starts on Monday. Someone made an error. Since the arrival of "spring" is several weeks later than usual, I'm sure a more realistic revised schedule will be forthcoming. In all likelihood, it will probably be before this letter (which I composed on April 1) is published.

I have a suggestion for whomever is responsible for establishing the pick-up schedule. Why not put the pick-up areas on a rotating schedule? If your area is first one year it would be last the next year, etc. Every year my area is number one, and usually the lawn isn't dry enough to thatch. This gives me two alternatives - haul my own thatch to recycling, or pay the city $100 for a special pick-up. Well isn't that special?

Editor's note: A new pickup schedule begins April 22. It is in the Friday Herald Times Reporter and also listed on Cable Channel 4.

Les Graebel

Manitowoc

Biased media

As a fiscal world power, the economic strength of the United States has been devastated due to rising debt, unsustainable spending, excessive taxes, Obamacare, social welfare programs, abandoned fiscal discipline, rampant political expediency, and a biased, apparently unconcerned, liberal media. This situation is of grave significance because our national security is linked to our fiscal health.

The ultimate responsibility for this catastrophic situation is tied to the uninformed voter who is persuaded to accept elected legislators who expand the socialist agenda which is openly biased toward voter special interests. A biased media is essential for a socialist government and ensures a pliant majority of voters who are oblivious to their own looming, economic disaster.

John Goswitz

Manitowoc

A good read

... and another thing!

I enjoy reading Roy Geigel's contributions to the Panel Discussion column in the HTR. Don't know if Roy is related to Pat, but if he is, he has to be a good guy. Keep the opinions coming.

... this is ridiculous, stop it already!

Signe Burkart

New Holstein

Too 'graphic'

There are two graphics regarding the economic conditions in Wisconsin making the rounds on Facebook. One shows Wisconsin's unemployment is significantly below the national average. The other shows the state's significant job losses. People spend hours arguing over these, praising the one they like and criticizing the one they don't.

As if that's what really matters.

These people are missing the forest for the trees! Wisconsin has many opportunities and benefits that other states don't, and yet things can always be better. How to make things better here is a far better topic to be discussing than which graphic is more right or wrong.

Carla Halvorson

Two Rivers

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